What Was the Best Advice Your Father Ever Gave You?

[Rastus]

Lord loves a workin’ man. Don’t trust whitey. See a doctor and get rid of it.

[central_va]

Mother advice: Don’t talk to your father until he has had something to eat.

[jcon40]

The Smartest kid is the one who realizes he doesn’t know everything.

[freedumb2003]

Always use the right tool for the job.

[FatherofFive]

Study hard so you don’t have to do hard work. (He would go out at night during a heavy snowstorm, to shovel snow off the train switching tracks, to earn some extra money.)

[blueunicorn6]

“Don’t cut across the bull pasture.”

[Shark24]

“If you can’t use your brain, use mine”

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

“Don’t get old.”

[Macoozie]

“Wear a rubber.”

If you didn’t hear that one, something was lacking.

[MomwithHope]

You can’t eat flowers. (he was a great gardener and child of the depression)

[Tennessean4Bush]

"Remember who you are, and whose you are."

I always remember it whenever I think of my Dad, which is daily.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

“For every clean one, there’s a dirty one.”

(That was the extent of “the talk.”)

[Jim Scott]

Advice from dad when I was 14: “When a girl says ‘no’...it means stop....now.” He helpfully added: “There are plenty of fish in the sea”.

[Vaquero]

My father was (many expletives deleted)

He mellowed with age and was a wonderful grandpa to my kids. I cherish those memories of him.

[loungitude]

“If you haven’t got something nice to say, then just shut the f### up.”

[samtheman]

Don’t waste time.

[clamper1797]

Never ever ever trust a politician

[Yaelle]

Dad didn’t give much advice. He did tell me to wait while driving and stopping for pedestrians, “because he might stumble or she might drop her package.” He told me never to get on a motorcycle because he had too many patients who lost their mobility from accidents. I disobeyed him but only on country roads in Europe (and man was that fun). I wouldn’t ride on freeways or city streets without feeling guilty.

Dad just set a good example. Put $ in the bank BEFORE you spend it, never pay interest except on a house, work hard, play hard, look to see if you can help people, talk to everyone because it’s amazing what you can learn / connections you can make. And smile. “We are all in the same boat.” - Dad quote.

[from occupied ga]

read a contract's paragraphs from the back to the front. The sneaky stuff is always buried in the back.

Never talk to police.

BTW my father was lawyer

[Bodleian_Girl]

"What Was the Best Advice Your Father Ever Gave You?"

Be of good courage.